The sieges of Vannes of 1342 were a series of four sieges of the town of Vannes that occurred throughout 1342. Two rival claimants to the Duchy of Brittany...

captured city of Vannes. In December 1342, another English-Breton force arrived, recapturing the city of Vannes. Olivier IV and Hervé VII de Léon, the military...

arrived with his army at Brest. He almost at once marched against Vannes. The siege dragged on and a French army was assembled to meet him, but on 19...

described by Arthur de la Borderie) and take control of the duchy. John first gained Rennes, then Vannes and the places surrounding the Château de Suscinio, Auray...

Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, Rennes Battle of Auray 1364, "Chroniques" Battle of Auray, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris First Siege of Vannes in 1342 by...

Brest, sometimes called the battle of the River Penfeld, was an action in 1342 between an English squadron of converted merchant ships and that of a mercenary...

intrigue of the Siege of Vannes and was subsequently executed by the King of France for perceived treason. Amaury married Isabeau de Ramefort, Dame of Ramefort...

in 1357. Edward le Despenser (c. 1310 – 30 September 1342), soldier, killed at the siege of Vannes; father of Edward Despenser, Knight of the Garter, who...

Louis's ships and made harbour near Vannes. Her forces then captured Vannes, besieged Rennes and sought to break the siege of Hennebont. Joanna of Flanders...

aid Charles de Blois. In 1342, the English, after four attempts, captured the city of Vannes. Jeanne's husband Olivier and Hervé VII de Léon, the military...